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SMC BRIEFING: Climate change and the Pacific

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 17 February 201613 July 2017

With a warmer future set to hit our Pacific neighbours hardest, is there still a chance to turn the tide? The […]

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IPCC global climate report – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 27 September 201328 March 2016

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released the first segment of the long awaited Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) summing […]

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Radio NZ: Climate research reveals role of ocean warming

In the News  |  Published: 17 January 201121 January 2011

Research led by a New Zealand scientist has revealed the major cause behind the significant melting of the West Antarctica […]

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NZ Herald: “Rollies’ more addictive, study shows

In the News  |  Published: 13 January 2011

Martin Johnston writes in the New Zealand Herald about research from Victoria University suggesting that roll-your-own cigarettes (rollies) might be […]

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3 News: NZ glaciers predicted to shrink by 75 percent

In the News  |  Published: 11 January 201111 January 2011

Annabelle Jackman reports for 3 News on a recent paper, written by University of British Columbia scientists, which predicts that […]

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Stuff/NZPA: Digital pets come alive

In the News  |  Published: 17 August 2010

A next-gen Tamagotchi has been developed by VUW researchers and a US colleague, and features a living microorganism (a Tardigrade) […]

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The Press: Scientists plan to drill deep into Alpine Fault

In the News  |  Published: 27 July 2010

Paul Gorman writes in The Press about work by international scientists, to take place on NZ’s West Coast, aiming to […]

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Stuff/Dom Post: Nobel winner’s medal to inspire new researchers

In the News  |  Published: 22 July 2010

Tom Hunt writes for the Dominion Post about the gift by Gayl Gentile of her husband Alan MacDiarmid’s nobel prize […]

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The Press: PM’s faith in ETS ‘too optimistic’

In the News  |  Published: 05 July 2010

David Williams writes in The Press about a local academic’s view that Prime Minister John Key may have unrealistic expectations […]

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